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THINGS YOU CAN NEVER LAY YOUR HANDS ONComplete ListsBy John TurneyBeginning in 1978 Pro Football Weekly began releasing their choices for the NFL Players of the Week and it continued through the final season that magazine existed. They were different than the official AFC/NFC Players of the Week tha2016-10-27 12:13:415/28: FootballPerspective.com- Fourth Quarter/Overtime Game-Winning Field Goals (Part II)http://www.footballperspective.com/fourth-quarterovertime-game-winning-field-goals-part-ii/
On Thursday, I looked at the quarterbacks with the most game-winning touchdown passes that came in the fourth quarter or overtime. Yesterday, I did the same for all touchdowns scored, either as a running touchdown, receiving touchdown, or otherwise. Three years ago, I looked at the same concept but 2016-05-28 08:35:4511/20: The Jet Press- NY Jets: A look at the career of Randy Rasmussenhttp://thejetpress.com/2015/11/20/ny-jets-career-randy-rasmussen/
Offensive guard Randy Rasmussen had quite the career with the NY Jets that spanned 15 seasons. Many Jet fans will likely recognize the name of Randy Rasmussen as he had one heck of a careerat left guard with the Jets. His long service and consistent play earned him the title of &#34;Mr. Jet&#34; ...2015-11-20 12:37:049/10: FootballPerspective.com- The Greatest Field Goal Kickers Of All Time II, Part III: Career Rankingshttp://www.footballperspective.com/the-greatest-field-goal-kickers-of-all-time-ii-part-iii-career-rankings/
On Tuesday, I explained the formula used in my system of grading field goal kickers, which is based on field goal success rate adjusted for distance and era.Â Yesterday, I looked at the single-season leaders using that methodology. Today, we look at the best field goal kickers since 1960 on the car2015-09-10 00:36:019/9: FootballPerspective.com- The Greatest Field Goal Kickers Of All Time II, Part II: Season Rankingshttp://www.footballperspective.com/the-greatest-field-goal-kickers-of-all-time-ii-part-ii-season-rankings/
In 1983, there were 46 field goal attempts of 52 yards or longer. That year, just 17 of them were successful&#8230; and four of them came from Baltimore Colts rookie kicker Raul Allegre. But that&#8217;s just the highlight for perhaps the best kicking season ever. During the Colts last year in Balti2015-09-09 00:35:528/27: Bear Goggles On- #TBT: Chicago Bears Ground the Jets, 19-6http://beargoggleson.com/2015/08/27/tbt-chicago-bears-ground-jets-19-6/
Greetings, Bears fans. With this being the 30th anniversary of the Super Bowl-winning Chicago Bears of 1985, here at Bear Goggles On we&#8217;ll be revisiting the regular season and playoff games &#8212; including re-watching them when possible &#8212; and posting information about a game each Throw2015-08-27 13:39:364/25: The Jet Press- The Three Best New York Jets Kickers of All-Timehttp://thejetpress.com/2015/04/25/the-three-best-new-york-jets-kickers-of-all-time/
Let&#039;s continue choosing our all-time New York Jets roster. Over the last several days, we have been voting on an all-time Jets roster, position by position. We have gone through the entire offense and defense. Now we take on the special teams. OK, we take on one special teams position, becau...2015-04-25 05:38:2310/30: The Jet Press- Throwback Thursday: New York Jets vs. Kansas City Chiefs: 1986 Playoffshttp://thejetpress.com/2014/10/30/throwback-thursday-new-york-jets-vs-kansas-city-chiefs-1986-playoffs/
This week&#039;s edition of Throwback Thursday goes out to us thirty something&#039;s and older, like our good buddy Brian. This week, we go back 28 years, to a matchup between the Jets and the Chiefs that took place during the Wild Card playoffs. In 1986, the Jets took off like gang busters, bre...2014-10-30 18:40:227/17: The Jet Press- Throwback Thursday: New York Jets Top the Raiders: 1982 Playoffshttp://thejetpress.com/2014/07/17/throwback-thursday-new-york-jets-top-raiders-1982-playoffs/
For this week&#039;s edition of &#34;Throwback Thursday&#34;, we roll it back to the 1982 playoffs, when many Jets&#039; fans felt that it was finally the year that the Jets&#039; would make their second Super Bowl appearance. The Jets were coming off of a Wild Card week 44-17 win over the Beng...2014-07-17 18:38:297/15: One Jet at a Time- Jets Time Capsule: 1981 Seasonhttp://onejetatatime.com/2014/jets-history-1981-season.html
Today, in the fifth installment of a six-part series looking back on the Walt Michaels era, weâll explore the Jetsâ 1981 season. Following consecutive 8-8 finishes in 1978 and 1979, respectively, the Jetsâ record plummeted to 4-12 in 1980. Even more alarming than the record, though, was the pl2014-07-15 16:40:277/6: One Jet at a Time- Jets Time Capsule: 1980 Seasonhttp://onejetatatime.com/2014/jets-time-capsule-1980-season.html
Today, in the fourth installment of a six-part series looking back on the Walt Michaels era, weâll explore the Jetsâ 1980 season. In 1979, the Jets finished with an 8-8 record for the second consecutive year. Disappointingly, this decent record mostly came in spite of the performance of QB Richa2014-07-06 16:39:386/30: One Jet at a Time- Jets Time Capsule: 1979 Seasonhttp://onejetatatime.com/2014/jets-history-1979-season.html
Today, in the third installment of a six-part series looking back on the Walt Michaels era, weâll explore the Jetsâ 1979 season. After three consecutive 3-11 seasons, the Jets were one of the surprise teams of the NFL in 1978. In the leagueâs first 16-game campaign, New York rode explosive off2014-06-30 12:41:276/20: The Jet Press- Throwback Thursday:1981 New York Jets at Miami Dolphinshttp://thejetpress.com/2013/06/20/throwback-thursday1981-new-york-jets-at-miami-dolphins/
Time for another installment of Throwback Thursday, ladies and gentlemen. This week, we actually have full game footage for you, courtesy of YouTube, and involving our biggest rival of the time, the Miami Dolphins. The date was Novemember 22, 1981, and the Dolphins wee headed into town to take on th2013-06-20 18:35:354/14: FootballPerspective.com- Fourth Quarter/Overtime Game-Winning Field Goalshttp://www.footballperspective.com/fourth-quarterovertime-game-winning-field-goals/
On Friday, I looked at the career leaders in 4th quarter (and overtime) game-winning touchdowns from scrimmage. Yesterday I presented the all-time leaders in passing touchdowns. Today we give field goal kickers some love using the same criteria. Tweet2013-04-14 00:35:503/22: FootballPerspective.com- Playing with the most coaches on one teamhttp://www.footballperspective.com/playing-with-the-most-coaches-on-one-team/
During the season, Mike Tanier noted that Shane Lechler has played for eight different coaches while being a member of the Raiders. When I read it, I thought that sounded like the start of a really good trivia question, and I put figuring out the answer to that question on my offseason to-do list. S2013-03-22 00:35:533/21: The Jet Press- Throwback Thursday: Miami Dolphins at New York Jets 1981http://thejetpress.com/2013/03/21/throwback-thursday-miami-dolphins-at-new-york-jets-1981/
For this edition of Throwback Thursday, we go back 32 years, to week 12 of the 1981 season. The Jets entered this game with a 6-4-1 record. The one tie? That came at the hands of archrival Miami, who played the Jets to a 28-28 tie in Miami. Now, the scene shifted to Shea Stadium [...]Throwback Thurs2013-03-21 19:35:341/21: The Jet Press- 1982 New York Jets: A Look Back Continues&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;http://thejetpress.com/2013/01/21/1982-new-york-jets-a-look-back-continues-9/
We have gotten away from this look back with the search for a general manager and an offensive coordinator going on. Now, with those processes complete, let&#8217;s get back to the almost special season of 1982. Last we left the 1982 Jets, they had beaten the Bengals in the Wild Card game, to move o2013-01-21 11:35:271/9: The Jet Press- 1982 New York Jets: A Look Back Continues&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;http://thejetpress.com/2013/01/09/1982-new-york-jets-a-look-back-continues-8/
We continue our look back at the 1982 season. On this date in 1982, the Jets opened their playoff run at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati as the Jets brought their strike-shortened 6-3 record in to face the 7-2 Bengals. The Bengals were favored by 4 to send the Jets home, but that is not what [...]12013-01-09 12:35:431/2: The Jet Press- 1982 New York Jets: A Look Back Continues&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.http://thejetpress.com/2013/01/02/1982-new-york-jets-a-look-back-continues-7/
In this week&#8217;s look back,we continue our review of the 1982 Jets, and how they were on the bring of greatness.Â Unfortunately they didn&#8217;t finish the job.Â Anyway, back to this week&#8217;s game. On January 2, 2013 the Kansas City Chiefs hosted the New York Jets at Arrowhead Stadium.Â T2013-01-02 12:35:2012/27: The Jet Press- 1982 New York Jets: A Look Back Continues&#8230;&#8230;..http://thejetpress.com/2012/12/27/1982-new-york-jets-a-look-back-continues-6/
It&#8217;s time once again to continue our look back to 30 years ago. The 1982 New York Jets were a team primed to make a run at something special, only to fall just a little bit short. We continue our look back, as we come to game number 8 in the strike shortened season. On [...]1982 New York Jets:2012-12-27 13:35:2312/19: The Jet Press- 1982 New York Jets: A Look Back Continues&#8230;&#8230;.http://thejetpress.com/2012/12/19/1982-new-york-jets-a-look-back-continues-5/
Time to continue our trip 30 years back down memory lane. We have been looking at the 1982 Jets, a team that many argue that if it wasn&#8217;t for Don Shula, would have made the Super Bowl. But, we are not to that point yet, as we still have regular season matchups to recap. This [...]1982 New York2012-12-19 12:35:2712/13: The Jet Press- 1982 New York Jets: A Look Back Continues&#8230;&#8230;http://thejetpress.com/2012/12/13/1982-new-york-jets-a-look-back-continues-4/
Time to continue our look back at the almost-special year of 1982. This week in 1982, the Jets returned home to Shea Stadium with a 4-1 record. They took on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and their 2-3 record. It was a cold, 27 degree afternoon at old Shea, take a look at the result: &#160; [...]1982 New 2012-12-13 11:35:2012/5: The Jet Press- 1982 New York Jets: A Look Back Continueshttp://thejetpress.com/2012/12/05/1982-new-york-jets-a-look-back-continues-3/
As we continue our look back at the 1982 season, we come to what amounted to the 5th game of the season, since the strike ended up wiping out 7 weeks. The Jets brought their 3-1 record to the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit, MI to face Billy Sims and the 2-2 Detroit Lions. Check out [...]1982 New York2012-12-05 15:35:2511/30: The Jet Press- 1982 New York Jets: A Look Back Continueshttp://thejetpress.com/2012/11/30/1982-new-york-jets-a-look-back-continues-2/
As we continue our look back on this near special season, we come to game #4, now a couple of weeks removed from the extended players strike. It was November 28th, 1982 at Shea Stadium between the Jets and the Green Bay Packers: 1 2 3 4 Green Bay Packers (3-1-0) 6 7 0 0 [...]1982 New York Jets: A Lo2012-11-30 20:35:2411/26: The Jet Press- 1982 New York Jets: A Look Back Continueshttp://thejetpress.com/2012/11/26/1982-new-york-jets-a-look-back-continues/
With the debacle on Thanksgiving, we regrettably are late getting back to this, but we wanted to get back to our tribute the 1982 New York Jets. November 21, 1982, the Jets returned after the long strike with a 1-1 record, and took the field at Shea Stadium to take on the 0-2 Baltimore Colts, [...]12012-11-26 20:35:24